Edge data center with integrated geothermal cooling

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products for edge data center integrated geothermal cooling include an edge data center container including: computing equipment, and a heat exchanger coupled to the computing equipment via a thermosiphon; a fluid reservoir positioned underground below the edge data center container, wherein the fluid reservoir is configured for geothermal cooling; and a pump configured to circulate cooling fluid between the fluid reservoir and the heat exchanger.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system comprising:
 an edge data center container including:
 computing equipment; and 
 a heat exchanger coupled to the computing equipment via a thermosiphon; 
   a fluid reservoir positioned underground below the edge data center container, wherein the fluid reservoir is configured for geothermal cooling; and   a pump configured to circulate cooling fluid between the fluid reservoir and the heat exchanger.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more reservoir heat pipes positioned underground and partially within the fluid reservoir and configured to cool the cooling fluid within the fluid reservoir via geothermal cooling. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein each of the one or more reservoir heat pipes includes cooling fins positioned within the fluid reservoir. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a fluid return line configured to direct fluid from the heat exchanger back into the fluid reservoir. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more underground heat pipes coupled directly to the heat exchanger. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the pump includes a pump controller configured to control an amount of cooling provided to the edge data center container, including performing one or more of: adjusting a pump speed of the pump, retract one or more reservoir heat pipes from the fluid reservoir, adjust fins included on the one or more reservoir heat pipes included in the fluid reservoir, and disconnecting or connecting one or more underground heat pipes to the heat exchanger. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the pump controller is configured to control the amount of cooling provided to the edge data center container based on one or more of a current environment temperature and a predicted future environment temperature. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the pump controller is configured to control the amount of cooling provided to the edge data center container based on one or more of a current workload and a predicted future workload. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the pump controller is configured to control the amount of cooling provided to the edge data center container based on one or more of a current error rate of the computing equipment and a predicted future error rate of the computing equipment. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more additional pumps for redundancy. 
     
     
         11 . A method for cooling edge data center equipment, the method comprising:
 circulating, via a pump, a cooling fluid between a fluid reservoir and a heat exchanger included in an edge data center container, wherein the heat exchanger is thermally coupled to computing equipment included in the edge data center container via a thermosiphon; and   adjusting, by a pump controller included on the pump, an amount of cooling provided to the edge data center container based on a received instruction.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the fluid reservoir includes one or more reservoir heat pipes positioned underground and partially within the fluid reservoir and configured to cool the cooling fluid within the fluid reservoir via geothermal cooling. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein adjusting the amount of cooling provided to the edge data center container includes performing one or more of: adjusting a pump speed of the pump, retract one or more reservoir heat pipes from the fluid reservoir, adjust fins included on the one or more reservoir heat pipes included in the fluid reservoir, and disconnecting or connecting one or more underground heat pipes to the heat exchanger. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein adjusting the amount of cooling provided to the edge data center container is based on one or more of a current environment temperature and a predicted future environment temperature. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein adjusting the amount of cooling provided to the edge data center container is based on one or more of a current workload and a predicted future workload. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein adjusting the amount of cooling provided to the edge data center container is based on one or more of a current error rate of the computing equipment and a predicted future error rate of the computing equipment. 
     
     
         17 . An apparatus comprising:
 computing equipment;   a thermosiphon coupled to the computing equipment; and   a heat exchanger coupled to the computing equipment via the thermosiphon, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to couple to a fluid reservoir positioned underground, and wherein a pump circulates cooling fluid between the fluid reservoir and the heat exchanger.   
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 17 , further comprising a fluid return line configured to direct fluid from the heat exchanger back into the fluid reservoir. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 17 , wherein the heat exchanger is directly coupled to one or more underground heat pipes. 
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 17 , wherein the pump includes a pump controller configured to adjust an amount of cooling provided to the computing equipment, including performing one or more of: adjusting a pump speed of the pump, retract one or more reservoir heat pipes from the fluid reservoir, adjust fins included on the one or more reservoir heat pipes included in the fluid reservoir, and disconnecting or connecting one or more underground heat pipes to the heat exchanger.